Union suit.



A. G. VELASKO.

UNION SUIT.

APPLICATION FILED MAYIG, I912.

Patented A rQll, 1916.

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ADOLPH G. VELASKO, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

' UNION SUIT.

Application filed May 16, 1912. Serial N 0. 697,677.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Aoonrrr Gr. VnLAsKo, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Union Suits,

of which the following, taken in connection wlth the accompanying drawings, 1s a full, clear, and exact descriptlon.

This invention relates to certain improvements in womens union suits preferably of circular knit ribbed fabric in which the elasticity is greatest transversely of the garment.

The main object is to produce a two-piece circular knit union suit having seamless legs and extra fullness at the hips without excessive waste of material or the addition of extra pieces or gussets and at the same time avoiding as far as possible the use ofv transverse seams running around the waist or abdomen so as to conserve the elasticity of the fabric, thereby allowing the garment to fit snugly and reducing the liabilityrof irritation by seams at the corset lines. In otherwords I have sought to produce a complete union suit from two circular knit tubes cut and assembled in such manner to leave the legs in their orignial tubular form and at the same time imparting to the body and legs the desired flare, leaving the continuous portions of the tubes which are joined together with integral overlapping flaps at the front and rear.

Another object is to bring the main seams by which the two parts are united longitudinally and centrally through the front and back of the bust and waist of the garment so as to preserve the full elasticity of the fabric transversely or around the body.

Other objects and uses relating to specific parts of the garment will be brought out in the following description. In the drawingsFigures 1 and 2 are front. and rear face views respectively of my improved union suit. Figs. 3 and 4t are front face views of the two pieces or blanks from which the garment is formed. Figs. 5 and 6 are transverse sectional views of the same garment taken on lines 55 and 66, Fig. 1.

In the manufacture of this garment, the

fabric is knit in a well known manner into ,a circular tube of suchdiameter as to pro-- duce the desired size of leg, such tube being afterward cut transversely into suitable lengths corresponding to the length of the entire garment, two of the tubular sections which are to form the garment being then cut in a manner hereinafter described to form similar half sections ,1 and 1- each forming one side of the bust, waist' and body and one of the legs. After the tubular sections are cut to the. desired lengths, they are laid fiatwise one upon the other 'with corresponding folded edges and ends in alinement or registrationand the upper portions of one edge which is to form I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 11, 1916.

the adjacent edges of the'united sections are then cut away on diagonal lines 2.

from the upper end downwardly at differ- 'ent distances, at the front and back, the

inner edge of the front side beingcut away a greater distance than that of the'back side,

thus leaving the hipportions of the garment,

considerably wider than the bust portions so as to give extra fullness to the hips and to throw, the legs outwardly to conform more nearly to the contour of the body of the wearer. That is, the adjacent edges of the front and back of the bust and waist portions of the sections 1 and -1 are out diagonally from the neck line to points in proximity to the waist line, the back portions being additionally cut transversely on lines 33 from their adjacent edges to the lines '2- at approximately the small of the back or Waist line of the garment, while the adja-' cent edges of the front portions are cut transversely on lines 4=4c to the diagonal lines 2 some distance below the trans-. verse lines 3 or just below the waist line. Y

The lines 22 along which the inneredges of the sections 1- and l" are cut away preferably straight but on a downwvardly diverging angle with the straight outer edges of the sections' The adjacent edges of these sections '1 and 1 are also slit downwardly a short distance from the transverse cuts 4 to points ,5-- representing the crotch or junction of the upper inner edges of the legs so as to form front and rear flaps 6 and 7 integral with their corresponding sections 1 and 1'. That is, the flaps 6 represent the portions of the sections 1 and -1- at the inside of direct lines from the corners of intersections of the lines 2- and 4. to the points 5-, while the rear flaps -7 represent the portions at the inner sides of direct lines drawn from the corners or intersections of the lines 2 and 3 to the points 5.

@ne of the slits as 8 separating the inner edges of the flaps -6- and -7 serves to receive the opposite flaps when the edges represented by the lines 2 at the front and back are stitched together, thereby closing the opening formed by said slits bath at the front and back.

The offset edges represented by the lines -3 which overlap each other when the edges 2 are stitched together are also stitched to the adjacent portions .of the back upon which they lap as best seen in Fig. 2, and in like manner the offset edges lare similarly stitched to the portions of the front upon which they lap as shown more clearly in Fig. 1.

The remaining portions of the sections -1- and 1- below the slits -5 are left in their original tubular form as pro duoed by a circular knitting machine.

The inner portions of the upper ends of the sections 1 and 1- are cut away on curved lines 9 to form the neck while p the outer portions of the sameends are cut seams extending around the body across the hips either at the front or back and by cutting the meeting edges of the tubular sections on the bias or diagonally and then stitching them together, the garment is broadened or flared at the hips and the legs are also rendered divergent to assume nearly the position which they would assume when worn.

It will be observed that the front and back of each of the sections 1 and,2 are slit laterally coincident with the lines 3- and l a distance corresponding to the width of these portions of the flaps so as to allow the ends of the flaps to be inserted in the slits when the sections are brought together in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, thereby making a smoother seam than would be possible if the ends of the flaps were stitched directly to the body of the fabric without slitting the same.

lWhat I claim is:

A union suit comprising two circular knit tubes of equal length corresponding to the length of the suit and arranged side by side, the lower portions thereof forming the legs and the adj aoent edges of the'reniaining portions of the front and back diverging downwardly at an angle with the outer side edges of the adjacent portion of the garment to produce increased fullness at thehips and also to throw the legs laterally.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 10th day of May 1912.

ADOLPH G. VELASKO.

lVitnesses:

H. E. CHASE, E. S. TUoKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for .five cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

